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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Rusted warbird attracting attention at AirVenture - Fox11online.com | OSHKOSH - Rusted. Broken in pieces. Covered in zebra mussels. This World War II FM-2 Wildcat crashed into Lake Michigan in 1944 off the Milwaukee-area shore. “The engine lost power on take off. So the plane basically rolled off the front of the ship.

Tuesday July 30, 2013 Update · eaavideo.org | There was plenty of sound to go along with the sights at AirVenture 2013 late Monday and into Tuesday. EAA's John Nicholson has the AirVenture Update.

OSH13: Wide Angle View Of Opening Day (Monday 7.29.13 - 9Pix) - AirPigz | While the few days before Oshkosh 2013 began were almost chilly enough for us to call it FrostKosh, opening day was about as perfect as it could have been. There was a low overcast very early but that quickly gave way to some gorgeous blue sky appearing, and then by mid morning the sun was shining, the temperature was great, and it stayed that way all day. It was a perfect!..

Warbird Radio LIVE! – On Location From AirVenture 2013 – Episode 511 | On this episode Matt Jolley is on location in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at AirVenture 2013. Join in as the guys from the Hartman & Hilt Show co-host this special broadcast and talk about the sites and sounds of aviation’s big event. You never know who will stop by! Enjoy the show and thanks for listening.

MCAS Air Show performers announced - KFMB News 8 | The Blue Angels may be grounded for this year's Miramar Air Show, but that doesn't mean the show won't be spectacular. Tuesday, we're learning what kind of entertainment is on tap. Due to budget cuts, this year's air show will be different. The traditionally three-day event, will be scaled back to two days, Friday and Saturday....

Snowbirds take to skies above Nanaimo harbour for show - Nanaimo News Bulletin | Canada’s famous aerial demonstration team will perform over Nanaimo Harbour to entertain the crowds and raise awareness sky high for the CHILD Foundation. The RCAF Snowbirds 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, known the world over for its unique form of precision formation flying, will fill the skies over Nanaimo Harbour Wednesday (July 31) at 6 p.m. with the roar of jet engines and music accompanying the show....

North Fork Valley Airport Hosts Fly-In Breakfast - KVNF Public Radio | Herb Anderson parks his plane on the tarmac at the North Fork Valley Airport in Paonia. He’s one of a handful of pilots and aviation fans out for a Saturday-morning “fly-in, drive-in” breakfast. Like some of the others here today, his plane is “experimental,” which basically just means he built it himself...

70 years later, a WWII veteran is aloft again on a B-17 - Buffalo News | Richard J. Notebaert piloted 50 combat missions in a B-17 bomber, so it was only fitting that he sat back Monday and enjoyed his 51st ride as a passenger. The Liberty Foundation’s Memphis Belle is back in Buffalo, and the 93-year-old former Army Air Forces captain from Amherst caught a ride on the historic World War II-era aircraft, which is much like the one he flew on daring raids over Italian cities such as Rome, Naples and Bologna in 1943...

Yankee Air Museum still short on funds days before deadline to save part of ... - AnnArbor.com | There has been some discussion between the museum and plant-owners RACER Trust about extending the deadline. Fliers, lawn signs, and billboards have been just part of the museums campaign to save the Willow Run bomber plant. Yankee Air Museum founder Dennis Norton declined to comment on the possibility aside from saying that talks with RACER “have been positive”. He said the museum is continuing discussions with potential donors and is aiming to meet the Thursday deadline...

Michigan men hope to recover B-25 bomber recovered from Tanana River - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | Brighton Township residents Patrick Mihalek and Todd Trainor made sure that didn't happen to the World War II-era plane.... With a team of 12 volunteers, the two men flew to the Alaskan wilderness in June and took apart the plane. A helicopter airlifted the 2,000-pound midsection, and a flat-bottom hauling boat took the rest by river. "Everything was a great success," Mihalek said. "In four days, we had pretty much the whole aircraft disassembled." A truck driver then transported the plane and pieces 3,700 miles from Alaska to Michigan. Everything arrived on July 15....

Pilots' 'Pipe Dream' Comes True in F-22 Cockpit - Department of Defense | HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., July 30, 2013  After three years of rigorous training, 25-year-old Air Force 1st Lt. Andrew Van Timmeren, a pilot with the 7th Fighter Squadron here, finally got to climb into the cockpit of an F-22 Raptor -- the world’s most advanced fighter jet -- and take it for a spin....

Retired jet to serve as St. Paul classroom - Minnesota Public Radio | ST. PAUL, Minn. — A retired cargo jet scheduled to land at St. Paul's Holman field Tuesday morning has a future as a classroom. FedEx is donating the 727 freighter jet to the St. Paul School District and the Minnesota Association of Women in Aviation. The plane will remain parked at the airport and its engines will be removed, but the association's Janese Thatcher said some of its systems will remain in operation for students to use....

5,000 kids take flight, thanks to Oregon couple · General Aviation News Staff | OSHKOSH, Wis. – Only one other person has flown more kids for EAA’s Young Eagles program than volunteer pilot Larry Durst. Since 1994, 5,000 children have taken flight with Durst. Working as a team — he flies, and his wife, Maxine, recruits — the Dursts’ relentless devotion to inspiring kids with aviation has earned the couple the 2013 Phillips 66 Aviation Leadership Award....